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IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jug 22. NEGRO SLAVERY. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a great number of peti tions from Northamptonshire, Yorkshire, and other districts, praying for the immediate abolition of Negro slavery. BRITISH COMMERCE. Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition from Liverpool (we understood), praying that better protection than at present was afforded might be given to the commerce of this country, in relation to Foreign Powers. The Noble Lord (who spoke so indistinctly as to be hardly audible) called the attention of the Noble Viscount at the head of her Majesty's Government to the blockade of the ports of Mexico and Buenos Ayres. Lord MELBOURNE said the subject of these blockades had not escaped the consideration of the Government. SCOTCH CHURCH. On the presentation of a petition from the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland by a Noble Baron—we believe Lord Belhaven, The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had been requested to support this petition, which he did most cordially. Lord MELBOURNE said the Government had seen no reason to alter its opinion on this subject ; but there were many circumstances which rendered it inexpedient to proceed with the measure this Session. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE FOR THE CORONATION. Lord MELBOURNE said he had intended to move the adjournment of the House from Tuesday till Monday.; but for the advancement of the public business, he should propose that their Lordships meet on Friday. IRISH POOR-LAW BILL. Their Lordships then went into Committee on this Bill. On Clause 64, Lord PORTMAN said, at the proper time he should propose words giving the right of appeal to the As sistant Barrister against the Poor-rates. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought the giving such right of appeal would be most desirable in Ireland. Clauses to 69 were agreed to. On this Clause, Lord MELBOURNE proposed that parties under 5/. rent he exempted from paying the Poor-rates, at the discretion of the Guardians. Lord WICKLOW considered this would be placing the Guardians in a most invidious position. lifter some discussion, Lord MELBOURNE withdrew his proposition, and the clause was agreed to. Lord WICKLOW then moved a clause, positively ex empting all persons rated under 51. Earl FITZWILLIAM objected to the clause. Lord ELLENBOROLGH supported the clause. After a few words from the Earl of WICKLOW, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE urged that the broad ground for excluding the 51. clause was founded on the princi ple that all property should be rated. The Marquis of BUTE said that many petitions had been presented from England, praying that tenements from 51 even up to 101. should not be rated ; and in point of fact scarcely a year passed in which private Bills were not carried providing that tenants under la should not be rated. He admitted that the principle was perfectly correct, that all property should be rated without any exemption, but he contended that in prac tice that was not feasible. The Duke of WELLINGTON begged to ask whether it would not be worth while to postpone the proposition for re-inserting this 51. clause, in order that the whole subject might be considered between this and the report or the third reading. The Earl of WICKLOW was ready to adopt that suggestion. The proposition was accordingly withdrawn. The remaining clauses in the Bill, from clause 71, were then agreed to with a few verbal amendments. On the question that the Chairman report the Bill with amendments, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to call the at tention of their Lordships to the estimate of the expense of carrying this Bill into effect, which had been laid on the table. The estimates in question were absurd, and he did hope that they would be revised, not by anybody merely acquainted with the operations of the English Bill, but by some person familiar with the price of commodities in Ireland. In the first place, no sum was put down for relieving, although in the Bill it was stated that for many parts of Ireland there at pre sent existed no valuations. He would not go through all the details, ',nit every one must know that an estimate of 150/. to 2001. must be entirely insufficient. The estimate in relation to many cases of expenditure was low to a degree of absur dity. He hoped that full estimate; would be laid before the House previously to the final determination upon this Bill. The present estimates were low and insufficient to an extreme degree. Viscount MELBOURNE did not place any great degree of trust in the estimate generally. However, he would say that it was as perfect as most documents of a similar descrip tion were. It was highly probable that some items appeared in it which were too low in their amount. In such a case the bett r course would be to chinge those items distinctly ; it did not require a separate estimate to remedy a few items. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought that the best mode of curtailing the xpenses attending the operation of the Bill was to have a sufficient number of relieving officers, and to have them well paid. - Tll-, House then resumed, and the report as amended was ordered to be brought up on Monday. The House then adjourned at Half-past Seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 22. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual Lour. Mr. BARNARD brought up the 110-port of the Committee on the Blackwall Small Debts Bill. On the motion of Mr. NICHOLS, the Trahern's Estate Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. B ROT H ERTON, the Lords' amend ments to the Grand Junction Railway Bill were agreed to. Captain WOOD, in the absPnce of the Chairman of the Middlesex County Courts Bill, begged to move a further ex tension of time to cimble the Committee to make its report. The special circumstances which required it were that the Committee had come to the resolution that the Chairman should be paid by a salary instead of fees, and it was necessary to enquire into tseir arnount.—Agreed to. Mr. BROTHERTON brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Barnsley Small Debts Bill. The Bill was then ordered to be recommitted. Mr. PEASE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for esta blishing a Colonial Sugar Coml;any. The Bill was brought in and read a first time. On the motion of Mr. RE D - DINGTON, the Lords' arnerd ments to the Dundalk and Dunlear Roads Bill were agreed to. On the motion of Mr. BARNARD, the Lords' amend ments to the Lee Church Bill were agreed to. Mr. D. BROWNE presented a j 7 :etition from Kilmaine, praying for the total abolition of tithes. Mr COLQUIIOUN presentel petitions from Kilmarnock and Dumbarton, praying. for the reduction of the rate of postage. Also a petition from Glasgow against the Bill for the alteration of Licenses. Mr. H. SMITH presented petitions from Braintree in Essex, in favour of the abolition of negro slavery. The Hon. !Member also moved for a return of the compensations paid to town clerks, in consequence of the passing of the Municip,il Reform Bill. Colonel VERNER presented a petition from Armagh, pre ) ing that the franchise might not be less then 101. Captain PECHE LL presented a petition from the Brigh ton Railway Company against the Mail Railway Bill, and praying to be heard by Counsel at the Bar against it. Petitions to the same eff,yet were presented by Mr. PEASE from the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and by Lord GEORGE LE NNO X, from the Croydon Rail way Company. An Hon. MEMBER presentel a petition from the Sun Fire Assurance Company, praying to be heard against the Royal Exchange Bill. Sir R. INGLIS had a petition to present, praying that the Ilouse would restore the Church of England to its former state of protection in the North American provinces, but it was withdrawn on an informality. The Hon. Baronet then pre sented one from the parish of St. John's, Leeds, praying that the State would afford adequate protection to the Church of England in Canada. Captain A LSAGER presented a petition from the water anon of Gravesend, praying they might be protected in their avocations. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from the inhabitants of the southern district of the city of Edinburgh, against any alteration in the Scotch Municipal Bill, so far as it applied to them. The Hon. and, Learned Gentleman also presented a petition from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, in favour of the Irish Medical Charities Bill. FACTORY SYSTEM. Mr. HINDLEY presented petitions from Salford and Man chester, in favour of a Ten Hours' Factory Bill. Mr. BROT HE RT ON presented a petition from the factory operatives of Manchester to the same effect. TOLLS IN IRELAND. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from the inhabitants of the town of Maryborough, in the Queen's county, praying for the restoration of two Committees, by which an end would be put to the monopoly of tolls collected upon the road between Dublin and Limerick. He begged at the same time to enquire of the Chancellor of the Exchequer what course the Government intended to take respecting the monopoly of tolls on the road between those two cities? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Fa'd that he individually felt greatly obliged to the Member for Gtee neck for taking up this subject, and that the gentlemen from every part of Ireland, as well as those immediately connected with the cities of Dublin and Limerick, were undef great ob ligations to his Hon. Friend for having investigated a case of great local grievance, with all the care and assiduity which might have been expected from a Member of Parliament re presenting the district affected by the abuse. The Chancel lor of the Exchequer then paid a very handsome compliment to Mr. Wallace, as Chairman of the Select Committee which had recommended the abolition of this monopoly. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) admitted the grievance, but he was not determined as to the course which he should take next session, when the Hon. Member for Greenock would have an opportunity of proposing a measure of his own, if he should disapprove of that to be proposed by the Government. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the operatives of Manchester praying for a Tea-hour Factory Bill. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Dunfermline against the Scotch Boroughs Bill. FACTORIES. Lord ASHLEY presented a petition from sixty of the Clergy of Bath, Bristol, and Warminster, praying . for an al teration in the factories'regulations ; and several petitions from plaeekin, York and Lancashire to the same effect. .4goiti -MOBI 3 MZH presented petitions from Witherby, kiatificOPAXu — sei,,, millowners and manufacturers of Bot -1 ; and millownefs. Dad manufacturers of Botley Old Mill, ',....4 ; 4 .-:7 •::, ~_, , ,,----,t,-‘t,',..,42., 7 :4 .- ~, r . :0: ' s 04 7'` il - gr a against the Factories Regulations Bill. A petition from the Clergy of Cumberland, praying for more equal payments to the Clergy of the Established Church. From the Protestant and Catholic landowners of Tyrone and Cork, for an adjust ment of the tithe question. From the Dissenters of a place in Yorkshire, against any further endowment to the Church of Scotland ; and from the graduates of the College of Surgeons, Dublin, for certain alterations in the Medical Charities Bill. The Noble Lord also presented petitions from the Catholic landlords of places in Cork, praying for an alteration in the law with respect to tithes. Also several petitions from chil dren working in different factories in Yorkshire, praying the House not to restrict the working of children under nine years of age in factories to less than eleven hours a day. On the motion of Mr. TIIORNLEY, power was given to the British Museum Committee to adjourn from place to place. On the motion of Mr. DIVETT, the Festiniog Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. HAR VEY presented seven petitions from the operatives employed in the different manufactories of Manchester, praying the House to take into immediate consideration the condition of the children and young persons who were over worked in mills and factories, and to rescue such helpless per sons from the state of thraldom in which they must remain, at the sacrifice of health, happiness, and, in many instances, of life itself. The petition also prayed that a uniform period of labour should he adopted in all factories with respect to all ages up to 21, that period not to exceed more than 10 hours. He had also one to present signed by 700 female operatives of Manchester to the same effect. The petitioners stated that tl ey wished to acquire a knowledge of household matters, which was necessary for them to do, in order to enable them to fulfil the duties of wives and mothers. They stated that few of them knew how to make a shirt or other article of clothing for their husbands or children, and fewer still were able to bake for their families; and, under the present system, they had no time to devote to such attainments. Mr. FE CT OR presented a petition from the South- Eastern Railway Company against the Bill before the House for the regulation of the carriage of mails by railways. NEW POOR-LAWS. Mr. MILES moved for a return of the correspondence be tween the Poor-law Commissioners and the Board of Guar dians in a Union of which we did not catch the name, rela tive to the increase of the salary of one of the officers.— Ordered. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND. Mr. H. JOHNSTON presented a petition from the Ge neral Assembly of the Church of Scotland, complaining of the defective state of religious education in Scotland, and praying for assistance from the Legislature. In moving that the petition he brought up, the Hon. Member said that it ex pressed the unanimous opinion of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotlaad. The SPEAKER wished to call the attention of the House to an expression used in this petition—" to take care that in any measure to provide additional means of religious instruc tion in Scotland, an adequate grant may be included for the supply of the spiritual wants of the town as well as of the rural population." Was that a money prayer or not ? Mr. HUME apprehended that it required the sanction of her Majesty's Ministers. Lord STANLEY contended that the petition did not pray for money, but that an adequate provision should be made for the religious detitution of the towns, as well as rural districts. Sir ROBERT PEEL having read the terms of the petition, observed, that, at a previous period of the Session, expectations were held out that some provi vision would be made for the religious instruction of the people of Scotland, and that that would involve a grant of money, not from the Treasury, but from pecuniary funds at the disposal of the Government. He apprehended the present petition referred to it, and did not come within the rule to which the Speaker had alluded. The SPEAKER was of opinion that the wording of the petition was objectionable. Lord J. RUSSELL had personally no objection to the reception of the petition, but he thought it improperly worded. It appeared to him that it prayed for an adequate grant, which must imply a grant of money. Mr. G O ULB URN thought the prayer of the petition refer red tothe statement made by the Government at the commence ment of the session, and not to any grant from the Treasury. Sir R. PE EL apprehended that all the petitioner asked was, that in case a certain sum should be appropriated to the purposes to which the petition adverted, the town population should have their share of it. Mr. HUME would venture to say that if the Dissenters had presented such a petition for the endowment of their Churches, it would not be listened to. He thought that the House ought to deal equally between all parties. Sir R. INGLIS said the petition was not for a grant ab solutely, but in case a grant was made, that the town popula tion should be considered. Lcrd JOHN RUSSELL said that if the petition had been couched in the terms that his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for the University of Oxford had statel there cou!d not well have beon an objecion to it. Mr. HARVEY protested against the analogy of his Honourable Friend the Member for Kilkenny. He begged kayo to state to him that the Dissenters would not make such au application. They would be ashamed of doing so.— (Cheers.) They supported their own church, and they wished that the members of other churches should do the same. Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE trusted that the Noble, Lord would not think it necessary to reject the petition. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that the hest course to adopt would be for the Hon. Member to withdarw tue peti tion for the p,rp - ,se of amending it. Mr. H. JOHNSTONE did not sce how the error was to be rectified, inasmuch as the General As3erribly was dissolved.— (Cries of " Divide.") Mr. /I UAIE thought that if there were my doubt upon the present case the solution of that doubt ought to be solved by the Chair. He could not see any necessity for a division. Mr. O'CONNELL said the House ought always to be anxious to receive petitions, and if the Chair was of opinion that the present petition did not trench upon its prerogatives, it would receive it. Mr. H AWES said that the Quebec petition, which was similar to the present, was not received. Mr. H. JOHNSTONE begged to state that the whole of the petition pr seceded upon the supposition that a grant of money was to be made by the Government, and only prayed that it might he distributed in a different way. The SPEAKER said, speaking in a Parliamentary sense, it was impossible that the General Assembly could know any thing of what, passed in that House with respect either to that subject or any other. Mr. F. FRENCH said when he wished to present a peti- Con prayin g for a grant of money fur the improvement of the Shennon, he was obliged to withdraw it foe want of the consent of the Crown to its reception. Sir G. SINCL AIR—A deputation from the Church of Scotland bad been in town, and had had interviews with her Majesty's Government upon the subject, and it was from that source the Assembly had become aware of the intention to grant money. The SPEAKER—If the Assembly had been made ac• quainted with the fact in such a manner as to have made it necessarily known not only to the whole llouse, but to the public generally, then the House might probably receive the petition. —( Hear, hear.) Sir G. CLERK—Considering all the circumstances in which they were placed with respect to the petition, it was with deep regret that he observed that the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government in that House did not get up upon an occasion of such deep importance, and gives his assent to its reception, which would have removed alt technical difficulty.—( Cheers.) The re fusal of the Noble Lord, he could assure him, would reflect very great disgrace upon him in Scotland. Mr. F. NIA ULE could not allow the observations of the Honourable Baronet to peas unnoticed.—( Hear, hear. ) The refusal would not reflect any disgrace at all upon that Noble Lord, nor could it. He (Mr. F. M.) could not see how it was possible for the Noble Lord to give his sanction to the petition, as it was well known that the Assembly proposed to distribute the money in a totally different manner from that proposed by the Government. Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE—If the Noble Lord would not give his consent to the reception of the petition, after the strong opinion expressed from the Chair, he would withdraw the petition.—( Cheers.) The petition was then withdrawn. Sir R. PEEL said it would be in the recollection of the House, that he had put a question to the Noble Lord, whether it was the intention of the Government to make any proposi tion with regard to Church accommodation in Scotland, and the Noble Lord's expression was, that it was the intention of the Government to make a proposition on the subject, but he did not think he should be able to propose any vote before Easter. He (Sir R. Peel) was most desirous of bringing for ward this subject, viz., the Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Inquiry in Scotland, so far as it related to religious destitution in Edinburgh and Glasgow; and he had had reason to hope the Noble Lord would have offorded him that opportunity by brining forwa r d th e mo ti on o f w hich he had given notice. If the Noble Lord still persevered in bringing forward that motion, he ( Sir R. Peel) should avail himself of that opportunity to draw the attention of the House to the state of religious destitution in Edinburgh and Glasgow. He therefore begged . to ask the Noble Lord whe ther it was his intention in the course of the present Session of Parliament to take the sense of the House on the measure relating to the Church in Scotland. Lord JOHN RUSSELL acknowledged that he had stated what the Right Hon. Gentleman had mentioned, but he had now to state in answer to the question of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that from various circumstances, some con nected with the business of the House, and some connected with what had occurred in Scotland, it was not the intention of the Government to make any proposition to the House this session. At the same time he begged to state that with regard to any measure the Government might introduce hereafter, it would be a measure confined to the strict outline of what he had stated to the House on a former occasion. Sir R. PEEL was quite sure the House would feel, that when the Noble Lord had stated he feared he should not be able to propose any vote before Easter, that he had a right to assume the Noble Lord did intend to propose a vote be fore the termination of the Session. That would, therefore, account for his not asking the Noble Lord previously to Easter for any more detailed information, as he had a fair right to presume it was the Noble Lord's intention to propose a vote subsequently. It became, therefore, neces sary for him ( Sir R. Peel) to decide what course he should take ; and on the whole, considering the advanced period of the session, and considering that the Noble Lord had stared it was not his intention to call the attention of Pa.•liament to this most important subject this session, he had come to the conclusion, but with very great reluctance, that on the whole he was best consulting the interests of the question by not bringing it forward for discussion this session. At the same time I think it necessary that I should announce, on this occasion, that, in the course of next Session—indepen dently of any course which the Noble Lord may think fit to pursue—l shall call the attention of the House to the subject of this petition.—( Tory cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Of course I cannot now make an objection to the course which the Right Honourable Gentleman might choose to pursue in the next session ; but I hope the House will allow me to ofnr an explanation as to my saying that 1 6 ,could not bring forward any measure on the subject before Easter ; and I beg to call the attention of the House to this circumstance, that there arc but two days of the week on which I can bring forward a measure of this kind. Now, Sir, three or four months of the Session have been occupied on those days with two Bills, the Plurality of Benefices' Bill, and the Irish Poor-law Bill. Under these circumstances I could not have brought the measure in since Easter.—( Hear, hear.) Sir ROBERT PEEL said that at this period of the session Gentlemen were willing to make sacrifices, in with drawing Bills which there was no chance of passing, and perhaps the Noble Lord would make a similar concession by withdrawing those Bills which he knew there was no chance of passing this Session.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. GOULBURN thought that the Noble Lord could withdraw some Bills without detriment, and if he did so, other Gentlemen would do the same. Mr. HUME thought that the Sabbath Day Bill, which occupied so much time, might be withdrawn without detri ment.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL was understood to say that he had given up the County Rates Bill, and he asked would the Right Hon. Baronet persevere with his Controverted Elec tions Bill on the 4th of July ? Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that unless he saw a chance of carrying the measure, he would not bring it in. If, on the other hand, he saw that he should have a chance of carry ing it through in this session he would persevere. But he hoped the Noble Lord would allow him to suspend his answer for the present. Mr. WARBURTON said he had before the House the Qualification of Members Bill. He could not at present say whether he should continue it or not, but if he withdrew it, he should certainly introduce it again at the beginning of the next Session. Although the Honourable Member for Cambridge had given a recommendation to Honourable Members to abandon those Bills which they had no chance of carrying, he and his friends persevered in endeavouring to carry the Sabbath Day Bill—a Bill more likely to be opposed than any one before the House.—(Cries of " Question!" from the Tories.) The SPEAKER said that probably as there was no ques tion before the House it would be better for Hon. Members to confine themselves to saying what course they would take. Mr. HA WE S said he had one Bill in charge, the Steam Vessels Bill, and he should follow the advice of the Right Hon. Baronet, and not proceed with it. When lie introduced it he understood itrhad the concurrence of all parties, but there were great, difficulties thrown in the way, and he should now withdraw it. Captain WOOD asked whether the Noble Lord wished the experiment of the County Courts Bill to be tried in the. Middlesex County Courts Bill. He thought the labours of the Committee would be useless without the assistance of Government in framing the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL was ready to afford any assistance in his power, and said it was desirable the experiment should be tried in the manner suggested. Lord TEIGNMOUTH said great pains had been taken with this Bill by the Committee, several of the Members of which were gentlemen of considerable experience. The Honourable Member for Middlesex had asked permission of the House for a further extension of time to the 6th July, and that extension had been granted ; and yet he now came forward, perfectly unjustified by the Committee, to throw a damp on its proceedings, and call on the Government to take the Bill into its own hands.--(Hear, hear.) He must decidedly protest against this course.—(Hear, hear, from the _Ministerial side.) Mr. PLUMPTRE gave notice that his Hon. Colleague ( Sir E. Knatchbuil) would move for a Select Committee to en quire into all the circumstances connected with the discharge of John Nicholl Thom, alias Sir W. Courtenay.—(Cries of " Oh" from the Ministerial side of the House.) Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he should call the atten tion of the House to the defects of the present mode of distri buting papers printed by order of the House. Mr. HUME gave notice that, on Monday, he should move for certain returns connected with promotions in the Army. Mr. NICHOLS gave notice that if the House met to morrow he should bring forward the Vestries and Churches' Bill. Mr. HUME said the Bill was one of very great importance to the country, and it would be desirable to know whether Ministers meant to support it or not, otherwise they would ba only losing time. He believed the measure would be produc tive of unlimited expense. Lord J. RUSSELL had given no promise to support the Bill,and if it appeared to him an improper or injurious measure,F e should certainly oppose it; but he could neither pledge himself to support it, ;;or could he pledge himself that the House would sit to-morrow. OCCUPATION OF ALGIERS. Mr. NPLE AN gave notice that on Monday he should call attmtion of the House to the subject of the occupation of Algiers by the French. Sir R. BATE SON begged to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland when the Irish business would be brought foruard ? Lord MORPETH could not give the lion. Member the information he required. TURNPIKE TRUSTS (IRELAND.) Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL begged to ask the Noble Lcrd whether it was his intention to renew the Turn pike Trusts (Ireland) Act. Lord MORPETH said it was his intention to renew them for one year. THE CORONATION. Mr. HUME begged to ask the Noble Lord, what adjourn ment of the House would take place for the Coronation ? Lcrd JOHN RUSSELL said the adjournment wculd le only for the day. The NOBLE - Lona then moved the Order of the Day for the seCond iritriing of the Tithes (Ireland) FACTORIES. Lord ASHLEY begged to move, in oppostion to the Noble Lard's motion, the , , Orcrer of the Day for the second reading of the Factories Regulatiou Bill. He was ready to admit the importance of the Noble Lord's motion; at the same time he believed that his ( Lord Ashley's) was of as much importance as any others. It was absolutely necessary for him to brin g for ward the question now, as no other opportunity would be aff rded him 0' calling the attention of the House to the subject. What he asked of the House was to give him permission to make a statement of the law and its operation, so that they might consider the propriety of abolishing the system or not. He himself had been deluded and mocked in the most unvver raztable manner.—( Cries of hear, hear.) In 1836 the Go vernment had given its solemn pledge, in words and writing, that they would °acre° every provision of the Factory Act. But no sooner was that Act passed than it was violated. When Parliament met in 1837 he ( Lord Ashley) gave notice that on the 6th of April he would bring in a Bill to regulate the Factory Act. On the 9th of March he also gave notice, in consequence of the neglect of the Secretary of State in attending to a memorial on the subject, that on the 17th of that month, he (Lord Ashley) should move an Address to the Crown paaying his Majesty to direct an enforcement of the provisions of that Act. Ile gave that notice, intending to bring before the consideration of the House the whole of those laws. Two or three days before that motion, he received a letter from the Secretary of State, requesting him to with draw it. He did withdraw it, trusting that he should in a few days have a full opportunity of discussion. His o riginal mo tion stood fer the 6th of April, and on the sth, he had a con versation with the President of the Board of Trade, who as sured him that it was the intention of the Government to bring in a measure for the better regulation of the Factory Bill ; upon which assurance he (Lord Ashley) consented not to press his motion the next day. But the Bill made no further progress that Session, and the Government would in vain urg e the demise of his late Majesty as their excuse, for he was net taken ill until June, and nothing had been done up to that time. In the present Session, he (Lord Ashley) lost no time in asking the Noble Lord what was his intention with regard to the Bill. The Noble Lord promised that it should be in progress as soon as possible. Having been again urged, he said at last that it should be brought in before Easter. It was at length brought in, and the second reading was fixed for the 7th of May. On the 7th it was adjourned to the 14th, and he would beg to ask the Noble Lerd if he had not detere mined on the 7th that the Bill should make no further pro gress ? On the 14th it was deferred to the 18th ; on the 18th it was put off to the 25th ; and on the 25th it was adjourned to the 22d of June, that evening. And on the other night, when the question was put, the answer given was, that the Session was now so far advanced, that it was intended to pro ceed no further. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Factories Regulation Bill be taken into consideration. Lord JO HN RUSSELL thou g ht tha t if there was any delusion in the matter it rested with the No ble Lord himself. There was an Act of Parliam ent alread y in operation; that (Lord Aet J. was R carried usse intobr brought tt in n s far was as a B lßill possible, for the m ore clearly and th e Bill h e defining the operations of the Act already in existence, not to change the general principles of it.—( Hear, hear.) In the report of the last quarter of 1837, Mr. Horner says ‘, That no very gross cases of the violation of the Act occurred," and Mr. Howell remarks "that the law in the great majority of instances had been obeyed, although many prosecutions had taken place." Many difficulties were placed in the way of the due operation of the existing law by the short-sighted interest of parents and factory owners. One point of great difficulty was the age of the children, which was defeated in one wav by means of the Clergy. It was his intention to have carried forward the Biil which stood upon the Order List, and it was not till two days before the Noble Lord had asked him the question in that House that he had determined to give it up for the present session. If the Noble Lord had asked the question he would have had the information neces sary—at all events, he would have been told that it was not the intention of the Government to press the Bill on the House during the present session of Parliament. The Noble Lord thought it a matter of ease to carry the Bill, but he very much deluded himself again. No law which could be passed between this and the next session would have the effect of essentially bettering the condition of the factory children, and he would, therefore, put it to the Noble Lord whether such an urgent necessity existed of g ivin g the sub ject a precedence over all other measures. He trusted that the House would not agree to the amendment of the Noble Lord. Mr. GO ULB URN said that the complaint of his (Mr. Goulburn's) Noble Friend was, that the Factory Act had been violated. That fact was undeniable ; for it had not alone been admitted in the reports of all the Inspectors, but had been ad mitted by the Government themselves. That admission was ms de by their bringing in the Bill before the House, which was, at the same time, an admission also that the state of things com plained of were capable of a remedy. The reports of the Inspec tors all agreed in stating that up to the present moment children were worked under age, by means of false certificates of age. He (Mr. Goulburn) was very much surprised to hear the Noble Lord opposite allege that that arose from the disinclination of Clergymen to give certificates. But the Noble Lord should know that a certificate was not absolutely required by the law, the appearance of the child was the principal test which it empowered the inspectors to go by. The Noble Lord had declined to undertake a Bill on the subject of the amendment of this state of things, for fear of a difficult contest with the masters and manufacturers, as well as the advocates of the ' short time system. But did his (,Mr. Goulburn's) Noble Friend ask him to do so ? He did not. All he desired was that he might be permitted to impose the task of doing so on himself. The Noble Lord and her Majesty's Government, however, had prevented him ; and, in doing so, they had taken anything but a manly course. Mr. P. THOMSON had listened with the utmost astonish ment to the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, fur a more complete misstatement of the facts of the case it had never before been his fortune to hear. He did not know whether the views of the Right Hon. Gentleman coincided with those of the Noble Lord, but he did happen to know from a con versation with the Noble Lord in 1837 that his views were for the imposition of restrictions in regard to time upon the labour of all persons employed in factories, adults as well as children. Lord ASHLEY was understood to deny the fact of wishing to impose restrictions on all labour in factories. Mr. P. THOMSON would refer the Right Hon. Gentle man to that conversation for a proof that the Government did nut oppose the intreduction of the Noble Lord's Bill, and that they meant to introduce one of their own. The Noble Lord stated that he was deluded this Session in respect of the Bill of the Government. He (Mr. Thomson) denied that also. A Bill had been prepared with great care—it had been intro duced to the House—and the Government had always urged it or,, instead of postponing it from day to day. But why was it postponed, it might be asked ? Because of the state of pub lic business before the House. But the Noble Lord said he was deluded. Now it was some time since the Noble Lord the Home Secretary had decided that the Bill should not be gone on with this Session, and since that decision had been communicated to the Noble Lord, which it was at the very earliest opportunity, it was argued that to carry a measure of the kind through Parliament would be an easy matter; but the Right Hon. Gentleman who used that argument was Secretary of State himself. Mr. GO UL B URN—For three months. —( Laughter. ) Mr. P. THOMSON—And on an occasion of a measure of . a similar he held very different language—turning, in fact, a deaf ear to the representations of parties interested in the amendment of the law respecting factory children. He did not blame the Right Hon. Gentleman for doing so. He merely mentioned it in support of his case, that the difficulty to be contended with was a very great one. Under these circum stances he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman should have spared his accusation against the Government for not persever ing in the Bill. The Right Honourable Gentleman had fur ther-charged the Government that it was remiss in carrying the existing law into effect. He (Mr. P. Thomson) denied it altogether. He had introduced a Bill to amend the law two years since ; and instructions were issued by his Noble Friend (Lord John Russell) to all the factory inspectors that they should carry out the spirit of the Act to its fullest extent, and that every precaution should be taken that the child's age was ascertained as satisfactorily as possible. So far from the Government not having- exerted themselves to carry out the law, the testimony of Mr. Horner proved that the inspectors had received the most positive directions not to grant a certi ficate to any child who had not attained the age of thirteen, howsoever appearances might be to the contrary. He hoped the House would not suffer the subject to be hurried for ward as the Noble Lord proposed. It was only in due time and on deep consideration that it could be at all satis factorily settled. Sir n.. PEEL—I do appeal to the Right Honourable Gen tleman's own judgment, as well as to the House, whether the speech he has just delivered is not decisive in favour of im mediately settling the question.—( Cheers.) lam no advocate for the plan of the Noble Lord ( Ashley.) I never took the popular view of the subject. I saw it with other eyes than those who support the Ten Hours Bill of my Noble Friend, and therefore I cannot be suspected of partial advocacy of a settlement; but this I feel, if there be any foundation for wh. t the Right Hon. Gentleman has just asserted, if his argu ments be conclusive with himself, that if there one subject be yond all others to which the attention of the House should be at once and without delay directed, it is this. If the question can be solved by the Government let it be solved at once ; but I warn them that they will find all temporary substitutes for a solution unavailing. Especially will they find- a postponement of it from session to session of . no service, but, on - the contrary, of great and manifold_ injury. If, on the other hand, they feel that the difficulties which surround the question are in soluble and inseparable from it, then, as a Government, let them manfully come forward and acknowledge it. My Noble Friend (Lord Ashley) has told us that the question has been now three years before the House, and yet the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite deprecates hasty legislation on it. Can the Right Hon. Gentleman, with any face, repeat his objec tion on that score ? If, I say, the.dithiculty of the case cannot be got over without an exposure of the country to greater danger titan at present exists, then the Government should, unhesitatingly and at once abandon all legislation on the sub ject----7(Cheers)—and not alone that, but they should state • their '.intention of opposing it on the part of all individual Members of this House. f the Government cannot settle it, or if they are unwilling to take the risk of doing so on themsek es, let them then permit some Hon. Member, in his individual capacity, to bring forward a Bill on the subject.— (Cheers.) At all oven's, I entreat, I implore the ILuse, whatever is done, to let the question be settled at once. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said there was no clause in the present Bill which was not already in being—it con tained no new enactment. It was, therefore, a question of expediency and priority of claim between that and the other more important measures which stood f,;r consideration. The prosecution of that Bill would not affect at all the hours of la bour in factories. Sr R. PEE L—Amendments might be inserted in it to that .effect. The SOLICITOR.-GENERALwouId then put it to the House whether it should be permitted to take precedence of the Bid for the settlement of the Irish Tithe question ; or whether that important measure should be put off that the Factory Act might be more clearly explained. He hoped that the House would show its good sense and information by giving that important Bill, Irish Tithes, the precedence of the B:11 in question, notwithstanding all that had been said on the subject by Hon. Gentlemen opposite. Sir R. PEEL said if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman chooses to siy that the Bill is unimportant, why, then, that is an additional argument in my favour. Let us, if that be the Case, pass to its consideration at once, and avoid any further delusion on the subject.—( Cheers. ) Mr. FRE SH FIE LD was prepared to prove that a number of children were working (as stated in the certificate of the partners in a certain mill) between the ages of nine and thir teen, while the same children were, in another certificate, signed by the same partners, and countersigned by the same magistrates, as working between the ages of 13 and 18.— ( Loud cries of " Divide," " Question.") Mr. O'CONNELL wished to inform the House that the Factory Bill was totally inoperative in Glasgow. It was quite neglected by every one, and virtually repealed in practice. In Manchester it was still partially observed, but working very ill for the cotton-spinners, who were in the habit of pav ing the piece-workers, and were now obliged, from the diffi culty of obtaining children of the age allowed, to pay 4s. 6d. for as much piecework as they heretofore obtained for 2s. Thus while they legislated in favour of the children, they pro portionally injured the parents, for they had to pay the diffe rence out of their own earnings. lie really thought no good could result by interfering in this way between the employers and the employed.—( Divide.) After a few words from Mr. F. MAULS, Mr. BAINES, and Mr. VILLIERS, The House divided, and there appeared— For the original motion For the amendment .. 119 111 dajority for the 2d reading of the Irish Tithe Bill -8 The Bill vas read a second time accordingly, and then (we understood) amidst the confusion which attends the settling after a division, Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the Bill be committed, and the Chairman report progress that day fortnight. The question (we were told) was put and carried in the affirmative without opposition, and on the gallery being thrown open we found that the greater part of the Members present were leaving the House, and Mr. Chancellor of the Exche quer on his legs moving the further consideration of the Re port on the GLASS DUTIES BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the E XC E QUER, this Bill was reported to the House, with an under standing that some point suggested by Mr. Hawkes, but which, owing to the confusion in the House, it was impossible to hear, should be considered in the third reading. The International Copyright Bill was reported. The Mails on Railways Bill was, on the suggestion of Mr. Il A wEs and Lord SANDON, postponed for the present. The Party Procession (Ireland) Bill went through Com mittee, and was reported ; and the report was ordered to be received to- morrow (this day). The Vacations Sittings Bill was read a third and passed. The Juvenile Offenders Bill was:also read a third time, and passed. Mr. JERVIS here entered the house, and complained that the Vacations Sittings Bill had been a short time before read a third time, contrary to an arrangement which had been entered into when it was last before the House.—( Hear.) He had come down to the House that night for the express pur pose o f opposing the Bill, an d o f rea di ng to H on. M em b ers the evidence which had been formerly given by Lord Den man himself against the principle involved in it. He only made these observations in justification of himself and other members of the profession to which he belonged. At the same time he could not help remarking that the blame ap peared to attach to the Noble Lord ( Russell) and not to the Attorney-General, for he had understood that it was the Noble Lord, and not that Right Hon. Gentleman, who had moved the third reading of the Bill.—( Cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL had made the motion of which the Hon. and Learned Member complained owing to a commu nication which had been made to him by Lord Denman, who bad ii,formed him that the business of the Courts, which was greatly in arrear, would be very considerably forwarded by the passing of this Bill.—(Hear.) In addition to this the Attor ncy-General had himself requested him to move the further progress of the Bill.—( Hear. ) Mr. JERVIS said that the Attorney-General had only five minutes since told him that he had had nothing to do with what he (Mr. Jervis) complained of.—( Laughter.) Mr. CRESWELL regretted, in common with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman and several other Members of that Hou;e of the same profession, that this Biil had been passed so hastily.—(Cheers.) The Attorney-General knew very well that this Bill was to have been opposed, and these who had now passed it in so hasty a manner must take upon them selves the responsibility of the measur,l.—( Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL here observed that it was the commit tal of the Bill, and not the third reading, which the Attorney- General had requested him to move.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. JERVIS was proceeding to give notice of a motion for the repeal of the Bill, when be was interrupted by The SPEAKER, who informed the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that it was too late to do so in the present Session. The conversation here ended. The Prisoners' Bill passed through a Committee. The Local Commissioners Relief Bill awl the Pilotage Bill were postponed to future days, and the China Courts Bill till tomorrow (this day). The Committee of the Sugar Duties Bill was postponed till Monday next. The County Courts Bill was postponed to that day three months, namely, got rid of for the present Session. HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) BILL. Sir MATTHEW WOOD moved that the Report of this Bill be brought up, and expressed a hope that the House would consent to the motion, as he would pledge himself to attend to any amendments Honourable Members might have to suggest on the third reading of the Bill. The Bill was one of great importance to the Metropolis, and was much called for by its inhabitants.—( Hear.) Mr. lIAWES hoped the Noble Lord (Russell) would ex press some definite opinion upon the measure before it was allowed to proceed through another stage. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For receiving the Report 56 Against it Majority -41 The Report was then received. After some conversation, in which Sir G. CLERK, Mr. STANLEY, and other Honourable Members took part, about the delay which was given to the public business by ad journing at an early hour of the evening, or not mskiug a House when there remained so many measures of impor tance to be disposed of, the House, on the motion of Mr. Brotherton, adjourned at a Quarter to Ten o'Clock till to morrow, (this day.) FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 22, 1838, 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant G. 11. Elliott, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Skipwith, who retires; Cornet F. G. Campbell, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Elliott ; R. D. Ac land, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Campbell, June 22. 3d Regiment of Foot—Captain J. . Clunie, from the 17th Re giment of Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice Hall, promoted in the 17th Regiment of Foot, June 23. 17th Foot—Col. D. Williams, Inspecting Field Officer of a Re cruiting District, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Despard, ap pointed Inspecting Field Officer, June 22 ; Major T. Hall, from the 3d Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Williams, who retires, June 23. 26th Foot—Lieut. M. C. O'Connell, from the 51st Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Potter, who retires, June 22. 33d Foot—Major Sir E. Brackenbury, from the half-pay Un attached, to be Major, vice W. H. Grote, who exchanges, receiving the difference, June 22. 51st Foot—Ensign M. F. A. C. Ker to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice O'Connell, promoted in the 28th Regiment of Foot; W. Kirby, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ker, June 22. 68th Foot—Gentleman C. A. Tipping, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase; vice Madocks, who retires, June 22. 70th Foot—J. A. Ambrose, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thurlow, promoted in the 7th Regiment of Foot, June 22. 80th Foot—Lieut. C. R. Raitt, vice West, who retires, June 22; Lieut. IL R. M. Gulston, vice Plunkett, who retires, June 23, to be Captains, by purchase ; Ensign Hon. W. A. S. Foster, vice Raitt, June 22 ; Ensign W. H. Tvssen, vice Gulston, June 23, to be Lieutenants, by purchase ; L. Li Montgomery, Gent., vice Fos ter, June 22; W. Cookson, Gent., vice Tyssen, June 23, to be Ensigns, by purchase. 81st Foot—E. W. Gray, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dyce, appointed on the Staff, July 22. 84th Foot—Captain C. James, from the 89th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Gray, who exchanges, June 22. 89th Foot—Captain J. Gray, from the 84th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice James, who exchanges, June 22. 90th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Rogers to be Captain, by purchase, vice James, who retires ; Ensign Lord S. A. Chichester to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rogers ; 11. A. Evatt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord S. A. Chichester ; Staff-Surgeon J. Kinnis, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Robertson, appointed on the Staff, June 22. . - . 98th Foot--Ensign J. M. Jeffery to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Savage, who retires ; S. E. Colby, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jeffery, June 22. BREVET.—Major S. E. Brackenbury, of the 33d Regiment of Foot,! to be Lieut. -Colonel in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837 ; Capt. R. C. Alderson, of the Royal Engineers, to have the local rank of Lieut.-Colonel, while employed on a special service with Colonel Lacy, in Spain. HosPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon J. Robertson, M.D., from the 90th Regiment of Foot, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice Nichol son, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon D. Dyce, from the 81st Regi ment of Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Topham, whose appointment has been cancelled ; Assistant-Surgeon P. Robertson, from the 29th Regiment of Foot, to be Assistant-Sur geon to the Forces, vice Kennis, promoted in the 90th Regiment of Foot, June 22. 'HITEHALL, JUNE 16, 1838. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Wright Woodhead, of Rotherham, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinory in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, JUNE 9. Tlie. Lord Chancellor has appointed William Crowe, of Warble ton, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commissioo by. the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. The tight 119 n. C. J. Viscount Canning to be Vice-Lieutenant, Juno 15; 1838. t"; Royal East Regiment of Middlesex Militia.—Sir W. Milman, Bart., to be Captain, June 15. • Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries. The Hon. H. B. Johnstone to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir P. Maxwell, Bart., to be ditto ; the Right Hon. Sir A. Johnstone to be ditto; A. Johnstone, Esq., to be ditto, June 15. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cumberland. T. H. Graham, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 9. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Westmoreland. Westmoreland Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.—H. Lowther, Gent. to be Lieutenant, May 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. 24 Somerset Regiment of Militia.—F. Popham, Gent., to be Lieutenant, June 9. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln. North Lincolnshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—G. T. W. Sibthorp, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Graburn, promoted; J. Fardell, jun., Gent., to be ditto, vice Burton, resigned, June 18. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN FREDERICK AMY, cotton-broker, St. Dunstan's passage, St. Dunstan's-hill, Tower-street. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. JESSE RUTHERFORD, stone-quarrier, Wingerworth, Der byshire, from May 22 to July 2, at eleven, at the house of Mr. Saxton, Matlock Bath. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM MOSS, builder, I\lonk Sherborn, Southampton. shire. BANKRUPTS. JAMES SELL, baker, Union-street, Southwark, to surrender June 29, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official.assignee ; Child, Cannon-street. ANNA CLEMPSON FREEMAN, butcher, Goswell-street road, June 29, at half-past eleven, and Aug. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Tucher, Salis bury-square, Fleet-street. JAMES FELLOWS, silk-throwster, Nottingham, July 6, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Percy, Smith, and Percy, Nottingham ; Austen and Hobson, Ray mond-buildings, Gray's-inn, London. WILLIAM HEBLETHWAITE, farmer, Preston, July 13, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Preston. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Walker, Preston. HENRY OAKES SILK and JOSEPH SILK, carpet-manu facturers, Crown-court, Cheapaide, June 29 and August 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Dawes and Fraser, Serjeant's- inn, Fleet-street. ALEXANDER KEITH, chemist, Piccadilly, July 3 and August 3, at t•leven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, 13asingliall-street ; Hussey, Basing-lane. JOHN OSTLIFE BECKETT, merchant, Compton-street, Brunswick-square, July 3, at twelve, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane ; Simpson and Co., Austin-friars. ROBERT SOANES, coal-merchant, Swanscomb, Kent, July 4, at twelve, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Basinghall-street, London; Smith, Banner-street, St. Luke's, London. ROBERT BRADLEY, draper, Hunslet, Yorkshire, June 29, at one, and August 3, at ten, at the Court-house, Leeds. Wilson, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square, London; Payne, Eddi son, and Ford, Leeds. WILLIAM CARTER, lodging-housekeeper, Lower Union parade, Leamington-Priors, Warwickshire, June •.:7, and Aug. 3, at twelve, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington -Priors. Wim burn, Collett, and Collett, Chancery-lane, London ; Smallbone, Leamington-Priors. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. H. W. Smith, builder, Greenwich, July 14, at one—L. Eng land, builder, Shepperton-street, New North-road, July 14, at twelve—A. Macdonald and A. Campbell, army agents, Regent street, July 13, at twelve. In the Country. T. Beesley, grocer, Farringdon, Berkshire, July 16, at eleven, at the Three Cups Inn, Oxford—R. Davis ' merchant, Isle of Wight, July 19, at twelve, at the Eagle I nn , Newport—W. Gra venor, farmer, Hatfield Woodhouse, Yorkshire, July 16, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Doncaster—C. Coupland, money scrivener, Leek, Staffordshire, July 26, at eleven, at the Old Angel Inn, Macclesfield, Cheshire--B. Turnbull, coal-merchant, Cheltenham, July 18, at two, at the Lamb Inn, Cheltenham—V. M. Johnson, wine-merchant, Sheffield, July 14, at eleven, at the office of .Mr. B. Burbeary, Sheffield. CERTIFICATES, Jurx 13. J. Holton, jun., grocer, Frome Sclwood, Somersetshire—G. 11. Gitton, printer, Brig('north, Shropshire—R. Draper, button seller, Wood-street, Cheapside—J. Pickard, clothier, Wortley, Yorkshiro —R. Pritchard, brickmaker, Tupsley, Herefordshire—G. Wilson, mercer ' Darlington, D ur h am— J . Ni c h o ll s, h ote l-k ee p er , Malver n Wells, Worcestershire—NV. Aspull, music-seller, Nottingham—J. Threlfall, currier, Preston Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS ' DISSOLVED. _ __ _ J. Shaw and B. Paradise,;atio;ers, Toolcy-street, Southwark— R. Nicholls and C. Odli n , li nco d ra p er , Stamford, Lincohishire;— j, Weston and R. Place, silk manufacturers, Leek, Staffordshire— J. Leese and J. IL Stulpner, merchants, Church-row, Fenchurch street—H. Kendall and T. Wright, ironmongers, Liverpool—H. O. Paice and J. Tungatt, sailmakers, Fore-street, Limehouse—F . Beardsley and C. B. Mason, schoolmistresses, Nottingham—T. Gour lay and L. Normington, worsted piece-makers, Bradford, Yorkshire —I. Walker and T. Wright, bobbin turners, Cowen Bridge , L an-- cashire—T. Caldwell and Co., salt proprietors, Anderton, Cheshire—H. Hart and J. Fellows, architects, Birmingham — W. ErJwn and J. Brown, cloth manufacturers, Leeds—J. '1 arr and T. Muddi nan, fustian manufacturers, Manchester—J. Anstey and W. Meggitt, mother-of-pearl shell dealers, Sheffield—J. New and A. New, jun., woolstaplers, Evesham, Worcestershire —W. Frank and J. S., Smith, plumbers, Farringdon-street—W. Lawson and J. H. Greene, commission merchants, Liverpool—T. Hussey and Co., coal-merchants, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire —IL Wavgood and B. Seymour, ironmongers, Beaminster, Dorsetshire--- E Dodshon and J. Dodshon, chemists, Sunderland-near -the. Sea, Durham—J. Spence and C. J. Spence, timber-merchants , Su n " derland-near-the- Sea, Durham—J. W. Nelson and Co., West In dia merchants, Savage-gardens—ll. Leng, jun., and H. Parker , salt proprietors, Winsford, Cheshire—J. Walker and J. Walke r ' machine makers, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. DAVID SMITH, Jun., commission agent, Edinburg l), Ju ne 26 and July 11, at two, at the Cafe Royal. JOHN JOHNSTON, job ar.d post master, Edinburgh , J une 27 and August 12, at twelve, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Ex change. JOHN RICHARDSON, hairdresser, Dundas-str?et , burgh, June 26 and July 12, at twelve, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the New London Price Current of last Evening.) &MAR.—The proposition of the Chancellor to reduce the bounty on Refined goods to 36s for double and 305 for single has much affected the market for all descriptions of Raw Sugar admissible for home consump tion ; the demand for West India Muscovadoes from both grocers and refiners has been extremely limited, the purchases daily not averaging' 80 hhds. and trs. at prices Is to is Gd under those previously quoted; 130 hhds. Barbadoes, intended for public competition, were with drawn ; in the present inactive state of the market, however, it is iFn possible to quote prices accurately. No time having yet been fixed when the reduction in the drawback is to come into operation, has caused both buyers and sellers to be very much at a loss how to act. A deputation which waited on the Minister respecting this subject is said to hav e urged that it should be fixed for the sth of January next, but this was positively refused, and the result of their application is understood to have been that the 10th of October will be proposed on the part of Go^ vernment. Our stock is about 8,300 hhds more than it was at the same time last year, The average price is now 34s Ted, on the 13th June, 1837, it was 32s 2d, and on the 14th of June, 1836, 41s 4d. It being now ascertained that the new bounty will net come into ope ration until the 10th of October, there was this afternoon a better de mand from both the refiners and grocers, and a fair extent of business was transacted at former rates. A public sale of 150 hhds Barbadoe s went within Gd of the last auction—fine brought 63s Gd, good 62s fid to 638, mid 61s to 61s 6d, low mid 59s Gd to 60s Gd per cwt. The pur chases for the week, including the sales, amount to 1,000 hhds and trs. Refined goods have participated in the dulness which has prevailed in other descriptions; the grocers have purchased very sparingly, but they have been compelled to pay previous rates, the supply of goons at mar ket being still very short. For export the transactions have been con fined to a few small parcels of double Crushed at 35 s 6d fur immediate delivery, at which there are generally sellers. • Matmerfes.—The demand has been very limited for all descriptions, both from grocers and refiners, and at the public sales of 5,000 bags prices again gave way Is., and only a part was disposed of at the (Pieta" tions. This afternoon there was an improved demand for this article, and 5,197 bags at auction were all sold at fully former rates, and in some. cases they were Gd higher, ord to good yellow went at 520 a 575, mid brown sls per cwt. EAST INDIA.—The grocers have purchased very spari n g l y of Ben: gal ; only 300 bags have been offered at public sale, which went at a r!ts duction on former rates of Gd to Is, mid to fine white sell in g at 615 6d to 645, damps 60s 6(.1 to 625. There has been a better dispositTina evinced on the part of exporters to do business in Ma in e. and Siam, and at the public sales very full prices were tained, 1,705 bags of the former sold at 9.0 s Gd to Slls for fair bright brown, 19s to 205 for damp, and las Gd for washed ; 650 bag °fe, the latter brought 2Gs.to 32s for low to good white, and 22s to 2 6 s , damaged. By private contract 8,000 Manilla, which were taken io00"a the late auction, have been disposed of at the buying-in prices, a cry g brown at 22s to 228 6d. 6,326 bags are advertised for the 4th of nc month. This afternoon Bengal was in better request, and the Public a 6 I c o s; consisting of 2,352 bags, went off at steady prices, and all was sol d, tow coloury white at 65s 6d a 655, good 630 6d a 645, mid 625 a 61 mid 60s Gd a 61s Gd, damps and washed 61s ed a 635, low good 55s a 565, damps 525, low sound brown 49s 6d per cwt. but FOREIGN—For Havannah and Brazil full prices are resin" s ' rea ty, there has again been only a limited business transacted by privat e 1,00 0 and none has been brought forward for public competition ; se fo e boxes yellow of the former are, however, declared for that Pur"which the 26th. Of Lima 2,020 bags have been offered at auction, tig ht sold 6sl to is above the general valuations, low mid heavy brown br°- 2 55, 20a Gd to 21s, good brown 22s 6d to 235, mid yellow 230 6d t e damps 19s to 20s 6d. t th e MOLASSES.—For West India former rates are still required, bu demand has been very limited.good COFFEE.—The Grocers have come forward more freely, and a _ tt .. demand has been experienced fcr British Plantation, at prices _f s i s i r e e equal to those previously established; at auction 400 casks, &-e• o n s e t been offered, nearly all of which were disposed of; Jamaica, of fins ati::a 6ad:lloW ord. quality, at 97s to 99s Gd, middling lOts to 107 s, good mid 121 •„, other descriptions at the quotations. The arrivals since our last been light, amounting to only 280 hhds and bags. East India dein- Lions, admissible on the same terms as East India ha ve T ens e tallied former rates, and have been in fair req uest for consumption ; 2,000 bags Ceylon at auction sold at 78s . h . e , e , 79s Gd for common good ordinary, 84s to 84s 6d for brownisb.i.„"r, mixed, Sas to 845 for palish yellow, and 86s to 91s for fine 0rd'.,6;3 colony. Mocha has also been in better request by the grocers, and A rhle" small baskets at public sale fetched stiff prices; good clean ga jln yielded 89s to 91s Gd. For exportation there has been little doncov, any kind, and prices remain unchanged. The a r r ivals of Foreign 1 , ss , been large, upwards of 17,000 bags having been received since rot Friday ; so that the stock is now four times larger than it was year at this period. This afternoon the demand for Ceylon was rather checked by the rival of a vessel off the coast with 5,000 bans, and 1,595 bag. at a uctio n went is under previous rates, real good ord sold 60s to 805 na, nee ord coloury 85s to 885 ; from the same cause there was less demand for British Plantation at a public sale of 60 casks 360 bags, and cola small part found buyers, but torn er rates are supported ; low mid Don e : rara unclean sold at 91s, fine ord was taken in at 90s, and low clean at 100 s ; Mocha being still scarce commands high prices, an d is in demand for home consumption, 200 bales at auction brought 83 t° 90s for common quality. but thero COCOA.—West India has maintained its former currency; has been only a limited business doing. 350 bags of T rinidad at Pu. sale, partly sold; low middling red at 418 6d. Foreign is still negle i c:l . re but high prices are required. 2,690 bags Guayaqui l at auction, takes in; good grey at 375; there were no buyers withi n 3s of that 6gTe,,, This afternoon West India was in better request; the public :oqa consisted of 140 barrels 367 bags Trinidad, nearly all of which wa s „I at rather stiffer prices, common grey brought 38s a 395, g ood old 4us" a 425, fine red 46s 6d per cwt. o there BUS, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For Leeward Isla nd saint Olt - has been less demand, but the rates previously obtained ha ve been., te supported. Jamaica has been in good request at very full firmer the sales arc 200 puns proofs to 5 per cent over at t:ls p d e on 1 sold 30 to 36 over 4s to 4s Sld, 350 puns of the latter have w e e sold within the range of the quotations. The Geveronu sr; contract has now been taken as follows : Fifteen th ' T he gallons at 2s 9d 3.l6ths, 20,000 at 2s 9Scl, 40,000 at 9.5 9 L' i ," „ a nd) , quantity imported since our last is only .00 puns and 1111dS. ' 5 j ot price s ' has secured a fair sale, at the advance required by the i m porte r o , week ; first brands of the vintage of 1836, in puns have brough.(tot, to 3s Sd. The purchases in Geneva have been only to a limited e- t „ices at former price , . British Corn Spirit s h ave so ld steadily at t he ') quoted. • the home s but th e st l c e l d Taetow.—The market has been quiet inceou h r m la o stL vt, eeni pc ie l here being still very small, to pay 47s to 47s fid for limited parcels of Petersburgh YelloW CaLi:eree first quality. For forward delivery buyers are still reluctant "'cwt• forward, and the purchases have again been very trivial at 46s pe r t° , of RlEE.—East India continues to find a good sale, and the 1.3 .13e nga l last week have been fully supported. At auction 1,120 hag s ee ry sold at 15s to 15s 6d for good middling, and 13s to 13s 6,1 for ' . 00 on ferior quality. 7,600 bags Java are declared fur public comp etih' Tuesday next. Carolina has secured a fair sale at late price s ' , ba , C ,4 This afternoon East India was again in good request, and 3neeial at auction mostly sold readily at stiff prices, mid and good white w fair brought 15s to 16s, good white Madras 150 to 15s 6d, low yellow white 12s Gd to 13s Gd per cwt. • port er' SPICES.—For black Pepper there are still few orders, but Un- disc require full prices, which they have obtained for 215 bags Su l l ins ' efit ° posed of at public sale, common dusty selling at 31a1 to 3Z d• "al e a des has maintained its former currency, but there has been only a lim i eh de mand. Cassia Lignea is held firmly, but there is at present not i ' lu r.s be gs mend. East India Ginger is in steady request at former rates; 5 ' „ D ee, Bengal at public sale sold at 22s for mid quality. The purchase' in ~tea• Cinnamon, Cloves, and other articles have been trivial at the pr ices q and This afternoon the auctions consisted of 400 chests Cassia Lignea' the 270 bags Sumatra Pepper; the former was withdrawn, owi n g,. t ; ° ,. half non-arrival of the samples; the latter sold at steady rates ,3" heavy at 3ld a 31 per lb. ,d Otas.--There has been a good business transacted in Linseaitts both on the spot and for future delivery, at 26s 6cl ; Rape i s held co a r eX' former currency, but the transactions have been only to a lirnitae.tpe tent. The operations in Palm have been tria at 4/. Oli ve is a e n eetn i - decline. East India Cocoa Nut unaltered, Fish desc o riptions ba y ' „lc, in improved demand, nearly 600 tons have been offered at and principally sold at rather higher prices, good and fine quality at 25/ 15s to 26/ 15s per ton. , e hen SALTERTRE.—The transactions by private treaty in Rough has only to a limited extent, and none has been offered at auction, but f a ir . " I ters continue to require full prices. British Refined has sold to ,itced extent at the quotations. This afternoon a fair demand wa s exPe ri e - id at for Rough, and 1,442 bags Calcutta at auction were Dearly al l steady rates, refraction 12S a 3 per cent, at 23s ed per cwt d i TURPENTINE.—For Spirits a good demand has been exPer,,e Jet per the advanced prices quoted. Rough is held for 1 2s ad to 1" barrel, but there is at preseht riot many buyers, doors SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SER f r om T. COX SAVORY, 47, Cornhill; London most Gr • acechurch-street), offers for selection an elegant and 15 / . tc; sire assortment of Silver Tea Services, varying in price from rrhe 301., the service of Teapot, Sugar Basin, and Ewer. 1 up l e i t ground floor, and first, second, and third floors, are k fitted pressly for the display 'of Plate and Plated Goods, and a Par i b,i, is given gratis, with Drawings, and a list of prices. T• C o rn- SA VORY, Goldsmith, Watchmaker, and Silversmith, 47, hill, London. (Seven Doors BIRTHS. On the 18th inst., in Grosvenor. square, the Countess o f Carn al. von, of a son. On the 20th inst., in Curzon-street, M a yfair, the wife of f railes Hawkins, M.D., of a son. ________------- --------- MARRIED. ~, of On the 18th inst., at Woodford, Wm. Henry Digweed, D s l ni ' c• Sate seoond daughter of the late Jose 1 C tt ven, Hants, eldest son of H. Digweed, Esq., to Sarah ~,_ca p i 0 on, 9 Bridge, Essex. e 9 ' On the 21st inst., at St. George's Church, Captain G e orge 9' Patterson, to Augusta, youngest daughter of Sir Wm. Pratt tfi"' Bart., of Whitsford House, ' Cornwall.' Esq. of WO°4l' DIED. f i eJ tir At Barbadoes, o n the Bth of May last, Thomas Cador,;an ' Esq., sea of J. Riecroft Best. Esq., of that Island. Caro' On the 15th inst., at the Grange, Ilaverstock Ilill, Agne s 0 olden" line, second surviving daughter of Wm. a-Beckett , Esq., ° square, aged 22. d 33 ' On the 17th inst., at Blackheath, Miss Anna Adams, age late of Borx. On the l de gth au inst., in Charl2 e-s tee ,i iss Dof otby Beachcr°,_C,t. London : Printed and Bublish,d by MURDO YOUNG , ° countf 11'2, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. tl2, Strand, in th e of Middlesex,—Saturday, June 23, 1838. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1838